In the first of our two chats with the Institute of Hospitality (https://www.instituteofhospitality.org), we got some time with outgoing CEO Peter Ducker.

No doubt Peter has forged an enviable career and we were honoured to have a chat with him ahead of his end of June departure from the Institute. As always, we got through a lot including:-

• Getting an early start
• Defying careers advisors
• Heading off to London
• Taking the road less travelled
• Having a mentor
• Moving into sales and marketing
• Starting capital breaks
• Moving into a public company
• Redundancy
• Starting your own business
• The rich tapestry of life
• Setting up a code of conduct
• Giving back
• Taking the IOH Reins
• Getting the house in order
• Catering for a Gibbon
• April fools

It's a wonderful chat with a wonderful human and we wish Peter all the best in his next chapter.

Enjoy!